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  1. 1.10.129-133 - Letter

    Undated letter to the editor (likely of the Single Tax Review) authored by James Bellangee. Bellangee is responding to the editorial published by this paper in which is printed "the semblance of personality is unavoidable" in the discussion of the troubles in Fairhope. Bellangee agrees with that comment and says the "true story of Fairhope's troubles cannot be told without full recognition of a degree of human weakness and folly that will sh...

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  2. 1.10.140 - Note

    Back side of folder containing James Bellangee's papers concerning a 1905 amendment to the Fairhope Single Tax Constitution and the contentious publication of the issue. Note says "came to personal blows." E. Q. Norton of the Daphne Standard newspaper E. B. Gaston of the Fairhope Courier newspaper James Bellangee Mobile Daily Times newspaper Unknown who wrote this note on the file folder or when.

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  3. 1.10.32 - Letter

    Unsigned letter (but likely written by James Bellangee) to E. Q. Norton, editor Daphne Standard, telling him that Fairhope Single Tax Corporation feels that Norton should make corrections to an article "Inside Facts" in which he gave incorrect information about the Fairhope Colony rather than to offer the Colony space in his newspaper to post their own corrections.

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  4. 1.10.34-39 - Letter

    Letter dated 8/30/1905 to "My dear Miller" from James Bellangee responding to controversy caused by an article written by E. Q. Norton's in his newspaper, The Daphne Standard which Bellangee has asked him to correct.

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  5. 1.10.40-41 - Letter

    Letter dated 9/41905 to James Bellangee from E. Q. Norton, editor Daphne Standard saying that the facts and figures given in his article in the Single Tax Review were taken from Fairhope Rent List, the county Tax Collectors books and other sources that he deemed to be reliable. He suggests that the Secretary of the Fairhope Single Tax Corportation make out a statement itemizing the mistakes together with corrections for publication in the Daphne ...

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  6. 1.10.42 - Letter

    Letter dated 9/5/1905 to E. Q. Norton from James Bellangee acknowledging receipt of Norton's letter of 9/4/1905 and confirming that Norton has asked the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation to provide corrections to the facts which they believe to be untrue which he has printed in his newspaper, The Daphne Standard rather than correcting them himself.

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  7. 1.10.43 - Letter

    Letter dated 9/6/1905 to James Bellangee from E. Q. Norton, editor Daphne Standard newspaper, acknowledging receipt to 9/5/1905 letter and saying that as he said in his last letter, if he can be shown where his article in the Single Tax Review was in error, he will be happy to correct it.

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  8. 1.10.44-47 - Letter

    Letter dated 9/9/1905 to E. Q. Norton from James Bellangee informing him that he is preparing a letter for the Daphne Standard newspaper in which he will point out the errors Norton has made in his article "inside facts." He is disappointed that Mr. Norton will not correct his own errors. This is an ongoing feud between the two. Mr. Norton feels he has not made errors and it is incumbent on the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation to point out where t...

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  9. 1.10.4-7 - Letter

    Letter dated 1/3/1905 to E. Q. Norton, editor of the Daphne Standard from (author unknown) replying to 10/4 letter written to Mr. Call. The letter refers to Norton's attacks on Dr. Hail, Mr. Call and the author's father. He/she says that Norton had either twisted the report of an encounter between Dr. Hail and Mr. Call himself or published a furnished report without investigation. He/she goes on to say the Mr. Gaston received a letter from someon...

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  10. 1.10.48-50 - Letter

    Letter dated 10/12/1905 to "Editor Item" from James Bellangee in response to E. Q. Norton's article in the Single Tax Review, "Inside Facts" in which Norton includes facts about Fairhope which Bellangee believes to be untrue. "But the true history of the dissagreements that have existed in Fairhope cannot be stated to the outside world without recognition of the influence of certain meddlers on the outside who have presumed to dictate how o...

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  11. 1.10.80 - Letter

    Letter dated 11/18/1907 written by James Bellangee, perhaps to Joseph Fels. It serves as a cover letter for 1.10.81-82 (a letter from Bellangee to Louis Post). Bellangee tells the recipient that an article written about Fairhope by Mr. A. J. Wolf has been printed in pamphlet form and also sent out as a supplement to the Daphne (Alabama) Standard newspaper by E. Q. Norton, editor. Bellangee says there are gross inaccuracies in Wolf's article a...

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  12. 1.11.4 - Newspaper Article

    Letter to the editor of the Mobile Daily Item newspaper from William Call in Fairhope, Alabama. Call is writing about errors in columns which have been published in that paper under the title "Fairhope Facts" which he wants to correct. He discusses the errors of Mr. N. O. Nelson of St. Louis, Missouri as evidence that Nelson "has not a clear understanding of the situation and his remarks are only valuable as coming from one who has been suc...

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  13. 1.9.38-41 - Letter

    Letter dated 9/13/1905 to E. Q. Norton , (editor Daphne Standard newspaper) from James Bellangee responding to an article which Norton has written in the Single Tax Review on the "inside facts" or details of the workings of Fairhope policy. Bellangee says that Norton's eludidation of the subject consisted of garbled, inacurate and incomplete extracts from the public records which were carelessly compiled and misleading. He goes on to clarify some...

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  14. vi.10.17-19 - Letter

    Letter dated 10/12/1907 to E. Q. Norton, editor Daphne Standard newspaper, from R. S. McMahon of New Iberia, Louisiana. Being concerned for the success of the Fairhope Colony and hearing of some trouble there, he made an investigation. He visited Fairhope, met with both the single taxers and the "kickers." He has correspondended with the residents of Fairhope and read all the "anti" articles in the Daphne Standard. The purpose of his letter is t...

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  15. vi.10.53 - Letter

    Letter dated 10/1/1908 to the editor of the Daphne Standard newspaper (E. Q. Norton), from the Oliver Typewriter Company in Chicago, Illinois requesting rates to advertise in the Standard. The company plans to do a large amount of advertising in local papers. Norton sent this letter to Gaston.

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  16. vi.11.13-14 - Letter

    Letter dated 9/29/1907 to E. B. Gaston from F. K. Perry in Naugatuck, Connecticut. He encloses subscription money for the Fairhope Courier newspaper fro J. A. Downs and George W. Roraback, and asks for additional copies of a specific edition. He tells Gaston that the Courier is getting better every week. He tells Gaston to "hold the fort." He has received a copy of the Daphne Standard newspaper, and says he will write a letter to E. Q. Nort...

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  17. vi.11.19-20 - Letter

    Letter dated 10/2/1907 to E. B. Gaston from A. C. Pleydell in New York. Pleydell, a single taxer, is responding to Gaston's letter asking for his support in the Wolf-Norton-Daphne Standard criticism of the Fairhope Plan. Pleydell says he supports Gaston and Fairhope, and has already written letters for both the Fairhope Courier newspaper and the Daphne Standard to that effect, and does not feel additional letters are needed. He says "I am afra...

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  18. vi.11.21-22 - Letter

    Letter dated 10/07/1908 to A. C. Pleydell in New York from E. B. Gaston. Gaston is writing about the Wolf-Norton attack on the Fairhope Colony, saying he appreciates Pleydell's support, and values his opinion He says Wolf and Norton are very active in sending the Daphne Standard newspaper (which is highly critical of the Fairhope Plan), of which Norton is editor, to single taxers across the United States. Gaston is aware that they plan to a...

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  19. vi.1.55-56 - Letter

    Letter dated 7/15/1906 to E. B. Gaston from N. M. Cope in Flatwood (Wilcox County), Alabama. Cope has received Gaston's letter notifying him of the lapse in his Fairhope Courier newspaper subscription. Cope thought that the work he did on Dr. Clara Atkinson's (Gaston's half sister) house should be enough collateral to continue his subscription until he was able to move to Fairhope. If it is not, he will have to do without the newspaper. He co...

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  20. vi.1.57-58 - Letter

    Letter dated 8/21/1906 to E. B. Gaston. The correspondent left the letter unsigned, but it is obviously a Fairhope resident, and probably a woman. She is visiting a friend in Brooklyn, New York. She asks for Fairhope Single Tax Corporation envelopes, she gives Gaston a name for a subsription to the Fairhope Courier newspaper (Miss F. U. Comstock), she wants a certain edition of the Fairhope Courier newspaper sent to the captain of the Colorado,...

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